Psychosocial predictors of dementia caregiver desire to institutionalize: Caregiver, care recipient, and family relationship factors

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 16-20

  Spitznagel, Mary Beth ^a,b   Tremont, Geoffrey ^a,b   Davis, Jennifer Duncan ^a,b   Foster, Suzanne M ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Caregiver depression; Dementia; Dementia caregivers; Institutionalization; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DESIRE TO INSTITUTIONALIZE SCALE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING HOMES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33744487890     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: 15525708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988705284713     Document Type: Article

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